Box for salve or cream



sept 27 1927 J. LEsQuE-NDIEU BOX FOR SALVE OR CREAM Filed Jan. 4, 1927 Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

JOSEPH LESQUENDIEU, Olf PARIS, FRANCEpASSIGNOR TO J'. LESQUENDIEU INC., OF

NEW YOBK,'N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. i

BOX FOB SALVE R CREAM.

Application lled January 4, 1827, Serial No. 158,967, and in France August 18, 1926.

In the co-pending application Serial No. 158,966 liled January 4, 1927, in the name of the present applicant for improved box for salve or cream, there is described a box or tube more particularly adapted to contain salve or cream, and consisting in the combination of a body having a plug movable f therein and provided with a. cup, and a stopper adapted to be coated.

he plug is advanced in proportion to the use of the salve which it contains so as to bring .this material always in contact with the rojection on the stopper.

T e presentinvention has for its object to convert this tube so as to enable the salve in stick form to be used directly without the intermediary of the stopper.

In the accompanying drawing a section of a tube for this purpose is illustrated.

rl`he body 1 is rovided with a central tubular space 2 an an internal screw thread 3. At its upper end however the screw threaded portion 4 is on the outside for the reception of a cap 8 which may be as long as may be desired.

A movableplug 5 is screwed into the internal screw thread 3 and the movement thereof may be readily effected by means of the roove or kerf 7.

T e stick of salve 6 is engaged within the cup of the plug 5.

It will be readily understood that as the stick 6 is used by direct application it is sutlicient to give a few turns to the plug 5, which is effected by means of a linger nail as the movement is eas so as to cause the stick to rise and enable 1t to be used until the plug 5 has been screwed completely into the body l. Similarly it will be noted that as the plug 5 is rotated in the other direction it will be retracted in the tubular member and will conse uently retract the stick 6 carried thereby. s in the case of the co-pending application above referred to no precaution is necessary to prevent the fin ers from coming into contact with the-Stic of salve at any time.

From the drawing it will be apparent that the lowermost plane surface of the plug 5' forms a. perfectly flat base/on which the whole box carrying the lipstick may beiv` placed, l'the plug itself forming t the base when retracted beyond the end of the tubular member. When the plug has been advanced suiciently so as tobe completely housed within the tubular member then the circular end of the tubular member l itself forms the circular base of the box. It will thus be seen that irrespective of the position of the plug 5, there always will be a flat stable base for the whole device.

It will be further noted that due to the fact that the stick 6 has a much smaller diameter than the internal diameter of the threaded portion 3, the material of said stick can never under any circumstances come into contact with or touch the internal threads 3, so that such threads never become fouled.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is '1. A box of the character described comprising a tubular member having an internal screw thread at one end extending a substantial distance therein and a short external thread at the other end, a screw cap adapted to be screwed on the external thread of said tubular member, and a short carrier plug screwing into the internal thread of said tubular member and capable of being completely housed within said tubular member, said plug at its inner end having a stick of salve fitted therein and having its outer end formed as a plane surface perpendicular to the vertical axis of the box, whereby said box may be placed upright irrespective of the position of the plug, and a kerfl provided on the plane surface of the plug for facilitating rotation thereof to advance and retract the plug and stick of salve carried thereby. v

2. A box of the character described comprising a tubular member having an internal screw thread at one end extending a substantial distance therein and a short exter nal screw` thread at the other end, a screw cap adapted to be screwed on the external thread of said tubular member, and a short carrier plug screwing into the internal 100 sa i' thread ofsaidtubular member and capable of plu having its other end formed as a Hat being completel housed within said tubular suriace with a keif, whereby the flat surface member, said p ug at one end having a stick of the plug acts as a stable base for the box 10 of salve fitted therein which is of less diamand the lieti facilitates rotation of the plu- I eter lthan the internal diameter of the interto advance and retract the stick carre nal tnreadso as to prevent the material of the thereby. stick fouling the internal thread and said JOSEPH LESQUENDIEU. 

